Cognome

Spirito

The strongest concentration of Spirito in US arrival records points to Lazio, with 52 of 107 arrivals (49 percent) originating there.

107

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

43

Comuni of
origin

11

Regioni
represented

15

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 107
Abruzzo: 1 arrivalsBasilicata: 10 arrivalsCalabria: 2 arrivalsCampania: 24 arrivalsLazio: 52 arrivalsMarche: 1 arrivalsMolise: 3 arrivalsPiemonte: 7 arrivalsSicilia: 5 arrivalsToscana: 1 arrivalsUmbria: 1 arrivals

Top regione

Lazio

52 of 107
49 percent of arrivals

Arrivals
0
< 2
2 to 5
5 to 16
16+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

11 regioni represented

  • Lazio5249%
  • Campania2422%
  • Basilicata109%
  • Piemonte77%
  • Sicilia55%
  • Molise33%
  • Calabria22%
  • Marche11%
  • Toscana11%
  • Abruzzo11%
  • Umbria11%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

Each row is a comune (municipality) where at least one passenger named Spirito was recorded between 1830 and 1912.

Persone notevoli

Notable Spirito on Wikipedia

Varianti grafiche

Spelling variants worth checking

  • The spelling you know may not be the one in the records. For example, a family remembers Mansini, but the records read Mancini.
  • If your spelling does not appear, a close variant in the list below may be the same family.

Related guide

Myths About Name Changes at Ellis Island

Names were never changed at the border. The spelling here is the original Italian: Giovinelli in the records, perhaps Jovanelli in the family today.

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Si spirito

3 US arrivals

Di spirito

36 US arrivals

De spirito

19 US arrivals

Spiritone

1 US arrivals

Spiritoso

1 US arrivals

Spiriti

2 US arrivals

Spirita

1 US arrivals

Sanspirito

3 US arrivals

Variants are surfaced from the surname index, not from per-name research. None of these is guaranteed to be the same family as Spirito.

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